European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 5, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday february 1989 the stars and stripes Page 3 during a visit Friday to a new York Hospital Britain s Princess Diana greets a child suffering from aids. Diana s Brief . Visit ends but the Good will endures new York Cap although her visit to the City was Brief Britain s Princess Diana captured the hearts of new yorkers wherever she went. In three Days she saw an opera in Brooklyn visited a fancy toy store on Park Avenue and hugged a child with aids in a Harlem Hospital. The Princess of Wales rubbed elbows with devel oper Donald Trump publisher Malcolm Forbes and actor Michael Douglas. Diana also touched the heart of 1 a year old Hope Manley a Pennsylvania youngster suffering from cystic fibrosis and Wanda Morales whom the Prin Cess visited in a lower East Side shelter for the homeless. On Friday the last Day of her visit Diana toured the paediatrics Ward of Harlem Hospital where she unexpectedly picked up a 7-year-old afflicted with aids after first asking him Are you heavy the 27-year-old Princess has Long sought to Edu Cate the Public about the disease which doctors say cannot be transmitted through casual Contact. The Princess also attended a briefing by the hos Pital s paediatrics director or. Margaret Heagarty who said later that Diana was genuinely concerned about the plight of the children and occasionally interrupted to ask questions. At the Hospital hundreds of excited workers strained to catch a glimpse of the Princess. It had been the same throughout her visit As usually difficult to impress new yorkers breathlessly recounted a Royal handshake or a wave. After her visit to the Hospital Diana attended a private reception Given by British Consul general Gordon Jewkes for about 60 patrons of the Royal Academy of music. After that she left new York As she had arrived aboard a British airways supersonic concorde. Friday s events capped a trip that also included a visit to a homeless shelter and Day care Center and the american debut performance by the Welsh National opera at the Brooklyn Academy of music. Cheering crowds greeted the Princess at nearly every Stop. The exception was when about 400 pro testers showed up in Brooklyn to denounce Brit Ain s policies in Northern Ireland. However inside the Brooklyn Academy of music Diana dazzled the audience As she entered to a drum Roll and the opera patrons fell silent. Later that same evening new York s social elite again fell silent As the Princess walked Down a mar ble staircase to the dining area of a gala reception in her Honor at the world financial Center. The 800 or so guests remained silent until she approached her seat at the head table when they broke into applause. Her husband Prince Charles who stayed in Brit Ain last week will arrive in the United states on feb. 16 for a four Day visit to Washington and to Palm Beach fla., where hell attend Charity Polo matches. Bush says hell work to open Japan markets Washington a president Bush said Fri Day that  relations entail some confrontation at times and vowed to ensure that Ameri can businesses gain fair Access to Japan s markets. Bush made his comments at a White House lunch Eon for . Business leaders As japanese prime min ister Noboru Takeshita wrapped up a two Day visit to Washington. Takeshita who was leaving for los Angeles is to meet there this week with former president Reagan. Speaking of the barriers . Companies face enter ing japanese markets Bush pledged to do my level Best. To be sure that we Are treated fairly that we have Access that we. Are not operating under Stan Dards that favor one Side to the detriment of  Bush said he and Takeshita Are realistic men. And we realize we Are going to have some confrontation at times or certainly differences of  the president added that he believes the prime min ister wants very much to have a cooperative  after a 2 a hour meeting and lunch on thursday the two men pledged to strive to smooth irritation Over the $50 billion . Trade deficit with Japan and ten Sions Over Japan s defense contributions. Bush did not elaborate on the details of the Trade problems that he and the prime minister discussed thursday but said they had reviewed the Progress that our nations have achieved in bringing the economies into better balance and of further opening our markets to each other s goods and  he added that the United states carries a disproportionate responsibility for the defense requirements of free countries and that Japan Given its economic standing today is willing to accept much More in the Way of responsibility for helping. In the whole development Aid Side of  i just wanted to assure you that the visit yesterday had gone reasonably Well Bush told the business leaders. As the president spoke Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii bid Takeshita a formal Farewell at the end of his two Day Washington visit with a state department luncheon of Champagne toasts pheasant and ice Cream with mangoes. At the luncheon the Secretary of state also struck a cautionary note telling Takeshita that the two eco nomic superpowers still face a difficult  Baker also expressed Hope that the partnership will grow stronger As Japan assumes a broader world role. In his Toast Takeshita said Japan is determined to do its utmost to collaborate with the United states its strongest ally for the peace and Security of the world. No problems Are unsolvable As Long As Japan and the United states join in an Effort to solve  Date of Bush s South Korea visit changed official announces Seoul South Korea a president Bush will visit South Korea on feb. 27 instead of feb. 26 As was scheduled foreign minister Choi to Joong said Friday. The minister did not give any reason for the change but local press reports said Bush changed the Day be cause the original visit was set for a sunday. Bush is stopping Over on his Way Home from China which he is scheduled to visit after attending japanese emperor Hirohito s funeral on feb. 24 in Tokyo. Steam release of Tim radioactive water planned Washington a the operator of the three mile Island nuclear Plant has been Given clearance to boil away 2.3 Mil lion Gallons of radioactive water that is part of the legacy of the nation s worst Commer Cial nuclear Accident. About 260,000 Gallons of the water have been sitting in the reactor building basement since the Accident at the Penn Sylvania Plant in 1979. The rest of the water was used in cleanup operations since the Accident. General Public utilities nuclear the Plant operator proposed to get rid of All the water by boiling it into steam that will be released from a 100-foot-High stack. The Utility suggested packaging impurities for shipment to a Low level radioactive waste dump. But two Pennsylvania citizens groups challenged the decision expressing con Cern about the release of radiation into the atmosphere. The groups asked the Community s atomic safety and Licens ing Board which is part of the Federal nuclear regulatory commission to consider other options including storing the water in tanks for perhaps 30 years to allow the radiation to decay. But after holding hearings in Lancas Ter pa., the Board said in a written Deci Sion that the storage plan is not obviously Superior to the evaporation  we Are convinced that implementation of Gnu nuclear s proposal will have extremely Small radiation exposure consequences both to workers and the general Public the Board said. Last Spring Gnu nuclear raised Eye brows among local citizens by spending initial $800,000 on the evaporation sys tem even before the Board had held hear Ings to decide whether the system could be used. Kay Pickering spokeswoman for three mile Island Alert an anti nuclear group said at the time that it was Dis Tressing that the Plant operator had apparently acted prematurely. But Gnu nuclear said that it was merely trying to plan and that it would abide by whatever the Board decided. The $7 million evaporation process is part of the $ 1 billion cleanup of three mile Island unit 2. During the Accident uranium fuel was allowed to lose the vital Cooling water that the normally Cov ers it causing material in the Core to melt